1. PranavH Joshi | Full time positionfromFall 2015
Pranav H Joshi
1925, Scholl Road Phone:(518)-867-6295
MicroelectronicsResearchCenter Email:pranav@iastate.edu
IowaState University,AmesIA 50011
Summary
ResearchScientistwith5+yearsof researchonvariousPV technologies.Have gainedexpertiseinvariousfabricationand
characterizationtechniquesusedfrequentlyin PV technologies.Iamseekingforafull time researchpositioninthe field
of photovoltaics.
Education
 Iowa State University Aug ’11- Aug‘15*
Doctorof Philosophy in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Microelectronicsand Photonics
Thesis*- PathwaystoEnhance PhotoStabilityand Efficiencyof NovelSolarCells
Advisor- Dr. VikramDalal
GPA – 3.54/4.00
 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Aug ‘06 – Aug ‘11
Bachelorof Technology and Mastersof Technology in Engineering Physicswith specialization in Nanoscience
Thesis– Developmentof anall ZnONanostructuredTransparentElectrode forExtremelyThinAbsorberSolarCell
Advisor- Dr.S.S.Major
GPA – 8.07/10.00
Skills
 Fabrication
PV Fabrication : GloveBox, SolutionProcessing, Spincoating,Thermal/Solvent/ElectricalAnnealing
Physical VaporDeposition : Thermal VaporDeposition,Sputtering, E-beamVaporDeposition
CMOS Device Fabrication : RCA cleaning,Si thermal oxidation,Si doping(diffusion), Photolithography,WetEtching
Miscellaneous : Chemical BathDeposition, Langmuir-BlodgetDeposition
 Characterization andAnalysis
Electrical : IV (Light& Dark), PhotocurentVsWavelength,CV,CF,DOSmeasurement,KelvinProbe
Morphological : ScanningElectronMicroscopy,AtomicForce Microscopy,Profilometry,Ellipsometry
Miscellaneous : Spectrophotometer,X-rayDiffraction,RamanSpectroscopy
 Programming/Software : MATLAB, C++, JMP, Python
Graduate Research Work
Pathways to Enhance PhotoStability andEfficiency of Novel Solar Cells
Iowa StateUniversity Aug '11 – present
- Gainedexpertise inFabricationand Characterizationof Organic(OPV) andPerovskite SolarCells
- DevelopingOPV systemsemployingnovel low bandgappolymersandsmall moleculesasefficientdonors
- Developingvariousdepositionroutesforformationof efficientandstable Perovskite SolarCells
- Investigatingmechanismsof photodegradation inthese solarcells
- Developingpossiblesolutionstoenhance the photostabilityinthese solarcells
Relevant Graduate and Undergraduate Courses
- Physicsof Semiconductors,Physicsof SemiconductorDevices,MicroelectronicFabricationTechniques,Optoelectronic
DevicesandApplications,AdvancedPhotovoltaics,PhotonicsandPlasmonics
- Nanofabrication,NanostructuredMaterialsandtheirApplications
- CondensedMatterPhysics,QuantumMechanics,Statistical Mechanics
- BasicElectrical Circuits,AnalogCircuits,Microprocessors,Nanoelectronics
- ScanningandAugerMicroscopy,Materialsand ProcessesforSemiconductorDevices
- Statistical MethodsforResearchers,Statistical DesignandAnalysisof Experiment,Computational Methods,Methodsin
Analytical Techniques

2. PranavH Joshi | Full time positionfromFall 2015
Work Experience
Device Reliability Engineer-Intern
Micron Technology May '14 – Aug‘14
- Workedondevice reliabilitymechanisms onnovel CMOSdevices
- InvestigatedinteractionbetweenhotcarrierElectronsongate oxide reliability
Undergraduate Researcher
IIT Bombay,India Jul '10 – Jul ‘11
- Successfully fabricatedZnOnanorodelectrode,andan ETA solarcell by integratingitwithCuO/CuSandCuSCN
Summer Research Student
Weizmann Instituteof Science, Israel May’10 – Aug'10
- Fabricateda highefficiency Si/PEDOT:PSS Schottkybarriersolarcell usinganovel, quickand easy technique
Select Journal Publications
 CH3NH3PbI3 fromnon-iodidelead saltsforperovskitesolarcells via formation of PbI
B Ganapathy, P Joshi,H Abbas,L Zhang, R Kottokaran,MSamiee Esfahani,MNoack,V Dalal
Physical ChemistryChemicalPhysics;underreview
 Defect densityand dielectric constantin perovskitesolarcells
M Samiee Esfahani, SKonduri,BGanapathy,RKottokaran,H Abbas,A Kitahara, P Joshi,L Zhang, MNoack,V Dalal
AppliedPhysicsLetter;105, 133511 (2013)
 Measurementof defectdensitiesand Urbach Energiesof tail statesin PTB7 solarcell
M Samiee Esfahani, PJoshi,DAidarkhanov,V Dalal
AppliedPhysicsLetter;105, 133511 (2013)
 Synthesis and photovoltaicpropertiesof a furan-diketopyrrolopyrrole-fluoreneterpolymer
G Balaji,MSamiee Esfahani, PJoshi,JBhattacharya,M Jeffries-El,V Dalal
EuropeanPolymerJournal;49,3921 (2013)
 Structuraland optical propertiesof ZnOnanorodsgrown chemically on sputtered GaN bufferlayers
R Nandi, P Joshi;D Singh;P Mohanta, RS Srinivasa,SSMajor
ThinSolidFilms; 555, 122 (2014)
 Ambientorganicmolecularpassivation of Siyields near-ideal,Schottky-Mottlimited,junctions
R Har-Lavan, O Yaffe, PJoshi,R Kazaz,H Cohen,D Cahen
AIPAdvances;2, 012164 (2012)
 Optimumoxidethicknessfordye-sensitized solarcells—effectof porosity and poroussize.A numerical approach
PH Joshi,DP Korfiatis,SFPotamianou, KAThThoma
Ionics;19, 571 (2013)
 Oxidethicknessand roughnessfactorasparametersforTiO2-dyesensitized solarcells performance
PH Joshi,DP Korfiatis,SFPotamianou,KAThThoma
RussianJournal of Photochemistry;47,517 (2011)
AcademicAchievements
- All IndiaRank18 inGraduate Aptitude TestinEngineering(GATE) –Physics ‘10
- AwardedN.SekhsariaScholarshipfor MeritoriousEngineer ‘09
- National TalentSearchExamScholar (awardedto1000 studentsfrom1,000,000 students) ‘04
- 1st in Maharashtra State in Maharashtra TalentSearchExam (VIII) ‘02
- Recipient, Prestigious ScholarshipbyMaharashtraState Government ‘98-‘04
Extra-Curricular Activities
- Solelyconceptualized&executedaninnovative Campaign,'Be aVoter,Be a Citizen', inuserfriendly waytoregister
300 studentsof IITBombay in the General Voter'sList.Awardedthe InstituteOrganizationalSpecialMention ‘09
- Presidedovernon-profitstudentorganization ‘Sankalp’toorganize variousfundraisingactivitiesraising$22500, to
fund10 Educational,DevelopmentalandDisasterRelief projectsinIndiaandUnitedStates ’12-‘13
- AwardedSaBhuShree (BestStudentfrom2500 students) inmyhighschool ‘04
- Active invarioussports;AwardedInstitute SportsColorforexcellentperformance inCricketatIITBombay ‘09